Sweat-pad



(No Model.)

0. H. WENTZ.

SWEAT PAD.

No. 302,610. Patented July 29, 1884.

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CHARLES II. \VENTZ, OF SOUTH CHARLESTON, OI-IIO.

SWEATMPAD.

SPECIE'ICATION'forming part of Letters Patent No. 302,610, dated July 29 1884.

Application filed June 13, 1884.

To all whom, it may conc crn:

Be it known that I, CHARLEs H. WENTZ, a citizen of the United States, residing at South Charleston, in the county of Clark and State of Ohio, have invented a new and useful Sweat- Iad, of which the following is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying draw 1ngs.

My invention relates to an improved clasp adapted to be attached to sweat-pads for the purpose of securing the said pad upon the hame, and it has for its object to provide a device of this character which shall be simple in its construction, cheap, and readily applied, and one which will hold the sweat-pad in place against movement.

WVith these ends in View the invention consists in the improved construction and combinations of parts hereinafter fully described, and pointed out in the claims.

In the drawings, Figure l is a perspective view of a collar, showing my improved sweatcollar applied thereto. Fig. 2 is a perspective view of a portion of the sweat-pad detached, showing the means for securing the clasp to the same. viewof my improved clasp detached.

In the accompanying drawings, in which like letters refer to corresponding parts in the several figures, A represents the collar, which is of the usual we1l-known construction.

B represents the hames, which are also of the usual construction. The collar and hames are,however,each provided with slots or openings near their lower ends for the passage of the sweat-pad clas-ps, said slots'being provided on each side of the collar and on each hame.

C represents the sweat-pad, which is of a form to correspond to the shape of the collar and neck of the horse, and is adapted to rest between and bear against the shoulders and neck of the horse and the collar, the edges of the sweatpad preferably extending beyond those of the collar. The sweat-pad may be constructed of any desired material or in any well-known manner. The sweat-pad consists of two sections or pieces to fit each side of the collar, and are each provided on their lower Fig. 3 is a perspective (N0 model.)

inner sides with spring clasps D. These clasps are preferably secured to the sweat-pad in the following manner: A piece of leather is secured to the sweat pad, as seen at a, and the spring-clasp secured thereto by rivets or oth er equivalent fastening. The spring-clasp eX- tends inward, and is tlfien bent slightly upward, as at d, from whence it is bent at an angle slightly outward, as at e. The pad is at tached in the following manner: The ends of the clasp on each of the sections of the sweatpad are inserted through the slots or openings of the collar and the same adjusted upon the horse. The hames are then placedin position and inserted over the clasps, which, being of spring metal, tightly press the same, and are thus held in position.

It will be seen from the above description that my improvement is simple, may be supplied at-a slight cost, and that it affords effective means for the purposes above mentioned.

Having fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. The combination, with a sweat-pad, of a clasp constructed of spring metal, a piece or strip of leather connecting said clasp with the pad, the clasp being secured to the leather byrivets or their equivalent, and bent inwardly, then outward and upwardly, as shown, and adapted to pass through openings in the collar and haine, substantially as set forth.

2. The combination, with a horse-collar having openings on its sides near its lower end, of a sweatpad having spri'ng-clasps secured thereto, said clasps passing through the openings in the collar and clasping the hames, substantially as set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixed my signaturein presence of two witnesses.

CHARLES H. WEN 'lZ.

WVitnesses:

HARRY H. Enwilnns, WILLIE L. WENTZ. 

